WEEK RECAP: Titan second in league, Fleming first in wins
K. Bryannah James/Titan Director of Communications
It’s a nice view from the top for the Titan.
As of Monday morning, the home side is second overall in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League standings, and first in the Maritimes Division. Acadie-Bathurst (9-4-0-0) has 18 points in 13 games, and are one-point shy of Drummondville, which has 19 points in 12 games.
Bathurst is a point above Moncton (8-2-1-0) in the third spot with 17 points in 11 games, while Rimouski (8-3-0-0) and Halifax (7-3-2-0) take the fourth and fifth spots respectively, with 16 points each.
It was a successful campaign this past week for Bathurst.
Between Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, the Titan won three of four games. They kicked-off the week with a 3-2 overtime win against Victoriaville Oct. 13, followed by a 3-2 shootout win against Chicoutimi, Thursday. They fell 3-0 to Saint John on Friday – subsequently snapping a five-game winning streak for the Titan – before bouncing back to beat the Sea Dogs 4-3 Sunday night on the road.
They’ll travel to Cape Breton later this week to play a pair of back-to-back games against the Eagles at Centre 200 on Thursday and Friday. The Titan have a 2-0 record (winning 4-2 Sept. 20 and 4-1 Sept. 21 in Bathurst) against Cape Breton to date this season. The Eagles (5-5-0-1) are currently 13th overall in the Q with 11 points in 11 games.
Fleming top in league wins
Titan netminder Joshua Fleming is No. 1 in wins for league leaders. The 20-year-old has eight wins in 11 games for 2.45 goals against average and a save percentage of 0.920. Riley Mercer (Drummondville), and Lucas Beckman (Baie-Comeau) take the second and third spots with seven wins each and Jacob Steinman (Moncton) and Mathis Rousseau (Halifax) are in fourth and fifth respectively with six.
Fleming cracked the top five in save percentages, sliding into the fifth spot. Mercer (0.954) took the top spot, followed by Steinman (0.930) in second, Saint John’s Charles-Édward Gravel (0.930) in third and Beckman (0.921) in fourth.
Mathieu St-Onge cracked the top spot for short handed goals with a pair. The second through fifth spots went to Natan Éthier (Shawinigan), Egor Goriunov (Charlottetown), Matyas Melovsky (Baie-Comeau) and Cam Squires (Cape Breton) with one each.
Titan Captain Colby Huggan is second overall in Game Winning goals with three, and Rimouski’s Maxime Coursol tops the category with three as well. Maxim Massé (Chicoutimi), Melovsky, and Gabe Smith (Moncton) all have two.
Dawson Sharkey is fifth in the league for penalty minutes. Sharkey has 18 minutes, the same as Cruz Scanzano (Saint John) and Sydney Gagnon (Sherbrooke) who are in third and fourth place. Quebec’s Mavrick Rousseau-Hamel is first overall with 20, followed by Baie-Comeau’s Justin Poirier with 19.
Titan down Sea Dogs at TD Station
The Titan edged the Saint John Sea Dogs out of a win Sunday night at TD Station. Bathurst pulled away with a 4-3 victory on the road.
Goal scorers for Bathurst were Blake Pilgrim-Edwards, Maddex Marmulak, Mavrick Brunet and Huggan. Bathurst scored two goals in the second and a pair of goals in the third.
Sea Dogs who scored were Eriks Mateiko, Egan Beveridge and Zachary Morin. Saint John scored twice in the second frame and once in the third period.
Overall, the Titan finished the night with 32 shots on goal and the Sea Dogs had 35 shots on goal.
Fleming was named the First Star of the Game.
Two Grand in Hand
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Next home game
The next Titan home game is Friday, Nov. 1 against the Val d’Or Foreurs.
Puck drop is 7 p.m. at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre.
Tickets can be purchased at the Titan Box Office, ticketboutik.ca or over the phone.
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